Migrating from NT4 to Win2k AD using ADMT

nt4-ever wrote:

> or as Calvin suggested in earlier post; might
> be sufficent to Just have the \boot.ini, ntdetect.com
> and \ntldr files from win2000 that can cope with
> over 8GB partition and have the boot.ini point
> to the NT4 C:\WINNT\system32\NTOSKRNL.EXE
> folder ie [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation
> Version 4.00"
>
> ((thought he was bonkers for suggesting that
> until i read re the win2000 dual-booting abilities;
> assumption is that the NT4 NTOSKRNL.EXE
> can cope with over 8GB partions ???))

I can't claim originality for this idea - I can't remember who it was, but
somebody in these newsgroups suggested the it originally - I'm just the one who
repeated the suggestion, and have never tried it myself - I've never had the
need

Calvin.
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I am actually trying to migration from NT4 server to Win2k server.

"nt4-ever" wrote:

> might not be appropriate but see:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/reskit/par...proch06
> where "Boot.ini supports starting multiple versions of Windows 2000, as
> well as starting other operating systems, such as Windows 95, Windows
> 98, Windows NT 4.0, MS-DOS, and OS/2"
> ie you can install win2000 and have it boot to
> NT 4 .. just make sure the folder names are
> different ..
>
> or as Calvin suggested in earlier post; might
> be sufficent to Just have the \boot.ini, ntdetect.com
> and \ntldr files from win2000 that can cope with
> over 8GB partition and have the boot.ini point
> to the NT4 C:\WINNT\system32\NTOSKRNL.EXE
> folder ie [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation
> Version 4.00"
>
> ((thought he was bonkers for suggesting that
> until i read re the win2000 dual-booting abilities;
> assumption is that the NT4 NTOSKRNL.EXE
> can cope with over 8GB partions ???))
>
>
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Jeff said: "because I would rather have a larger c partition then what
you
can use with NT. "

read the earlier posts where it is possible
to have Any ((up to Two TerraBytes)) size
C: partition with NT4 ..
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nt4-ever wrote:
> Jeff said: "because I would rather have a larger c partition then what
> you
> can use with NT. "
>
> read the earlier posts where it is possible
> to have Any ((up to Two TerraBytes)) size
> C: partition with NT4 ..
>

On most machines, the system and boot partitions are one and the
same: the C: partition.

That being the case, super-sizing your C: is usually an
incredibly stupid thing to do. Don't just take my word for it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224526

You should also pay special attention to the paragraph that
begins with "In some cases, the boot partition must be entirely
within the first 7.8 GB of the drive."

If your boot and system partitions are not one and the same, then
be sure you understand the difference. This KB article should
explain it - except MicroSoft appears to have removed it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=93496

A great NT4 reference site is run by this group's Calvin:
http://nt4ref.zcm.com.au/



I have had to rescue a lot of people who thought they could
resize their system partition to fill up a large hard drive. I'm
sure guys like Calvin and Dave Patrick have had to do the same.

Personally, I think it is a moot issue. If you think you need a
huge system partition, then you should re-evaluate just what the
heck you are doing. My standard is that I should be able to blow
away the system and/or boot partitions at any time with no loss
of data. When you don't use the system/boot partition for data,
then it is hard to need more than the 7.8 GB that it is safe to
use with NT4 - even if you have tons of RAM and a 4 GB page file.
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Rob said:
that being the case, super-sizing your C: is usually an
incredibly stupid thing to do. Don't just take my word for it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224526

Point Rob if you had read Earlier
posts .. if you use the Win/2000 boot
files it should be possible to Boot
NT 4 into anysize (< 2 TeraBytes)
partition ??
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nt4-ever wrote:
> Rob said:
> that being the case, super-sizing your C: is usually an
> incredibly stupid thing to do. Don't just take my word for it:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224526
>
> Point Rob if you had read Earlier
> posts .. if you use the Win/2000 boot
> files it should be possible to Boot
> NT 4 into anysize (< 2 TeraBytes)
> partition ??
>

I should be getting another hard drive soon that will give me a
blank slate with which to test that.
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